Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
Miriam Jacome-Sosa, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences
- Email: mjacome@wustl.edu
Research keywords: nutrition, metabolism, obesity, lifestyle interventions, and the Latino population
Devesha Kulkarni, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology
- Phone: 314-362-2670
- Email: dkulkarn@wustl.edu
Research keywords: immunology, microbiome research, intestinal immune responses, metabolic health, and obesity
Mauricio Lisker-Melman, MD
Professor of Medicine
- Email: mlisker@dom.wustl.edu
Department: Internal Medicine
Division: Gastroenterology
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
Kim Liss, MD
Instructor in Pediatrics - GI
- Phone: 314-454-6173
- Email: kim.h.liss@wustl.edu
Research keywords: liver transplantation, acute liver injury, ischemia reperfusion injury, steatotic liver disease
Robi Mitra, PhD
Alvin Goldfarb Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology
- Phone: 314-362-2751
- Email: rmitra@wustl.edu
Department: Genetics
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
Bettina Mittendorfer, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Instructor, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences
- Email: mittendb@wustl.edu
Research keywords: metabolism, obesity, ageing, insulin sensitivity, and beta-cell function
Sandip Mukherjee, PhD
Instructor of Medicine, Division of Nutritional Science and Obesity
- Email: sandip@wustl.edu
Research keywords: obesity, diabetes, fatty liver diseases, adipose tissue, liver
Ginger Nicol, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child)
- Phone: 314-362-2461
- Email: nicolg@wustl.edu
Department: Psychiatry
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
Natalie Niemi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
- Email: niemi@wustl.edu
Research keywords: mitochondria, metabolism, phosphorylation, signaling, and mitophagy
Dolores Njoku, MD
Vice Chair; Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology; Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital; Professor of Anesthesiology, Pathology and Immunology
- Email: njoku@wustl.edu
Research keywords: liver, immunology, drug-induced, NASH